Thursday, January 12, 2017

Hey everybody! Did you all make it through? I mean, 2016 was busy raking in people till the end! But my hopes and expectations for 2017 are still over the top! We can do this! We can turn shit around and make it better. So that's what I am planning on doing. The year has already been filled with awesome people and customers and plans seams to fall into place slowly but surely. I have started making small changes around the studio now that I am running it by myself. I didn't get to be alone for long because best-buddy-Nick just got here!! That's right! Mr Electric Pick is in DA HOUSE! He will be doing some sweeeeeet sweet tattoos while keeping me company here in the bunker. Needless to say there will be a lot of listening, and singing to Jeff Waynes Way of The Worlds. If you want to be a part of this awesome adventure then both he and I have a few openings this month. Nick will be here till the 4th of February so get on it! He has tons of new ideas he wants to try out and put on skin so hit him up!! Check him out HERE. Send him a mail to book a spot!

As mentioned, then it is also still possible to book in with me from this month and currently booking till June.

Following these adventures I will be joined by my Texan brother, Adam Guy Hays. We will venture back to Berlin together after a great week with Black Tide and friends and the Ink Explosion. He will stay us here in the bunker for a couple of days. Don't worry, we won't just drink tasty coffee and eat good food there will also be time for him to do some tattoos as well. So from the 22-24 of March you have the opportunity to get tattooed by this crazy talented and handsome guy. Get on it!

Ok folks. It's getting late and I need to finish this up! But I did it!! A new post!! I guess now you want some photos of some tattoos I did? Well ok then! Here ya go!

Before I go I want to say thank you to everyone who have commented and mentioned my last post! It means a lot to me to hear from you guys and to know that there is still someone who reads this blog. Makes me want to publish more so please let me know what you think from time to time! It is always appreciated!

Thursday, December 29, 2016

So here I am again, facing a new start on my art-lovechild, Conspiracy Inc. From January 2017, I will be flying solo for a while. It is time for me to bring back Conspiracy Inc. to the way it was ment to be and how it once was. Before any of you get tooooo psyched up, let me assure you there has been no drama or bad blood or anything like it involved in this decision from anyones side. It is how it goes and this was a necessary progression from everyones side. So no need to worry or make up drama stories... Everyone is cool and happy.It is hard for me to explain what it is that I want to do with Conspiracy Inc. but what has kept popping into my head while figuring out what I wanted, was the time I had with Eckel and Electric Pick working with me. We were 3 individuals who each worked to get our own work out there and to make our own "business" succesfull but who also was a great inspiration to each other. We each pushed each other in the right way and everyone brought something to the table and treated the shop as if it was their own. I am not looking to find new versions of that, because that won't happen, but what I will do is spend more time, beginning from January, working on having a inspirational shop to work in. Finding more time to make fun events once in a while. Get back on the blog (I know that song is getting old) and share what is happening with me and the shop. I will not be in any hurry to find new artist working here permanently. I will take my time to find someone(s) who fits in and who is willing to deal with the fact that we are hiding away from everyone else, in the second backyard, and who wants to push their own work and art. I want it to be inspirational to work in my shop and I am not just talking about the tattoos being made but the whole attitude toward wanting to create something special. Again, not only talking about the tattoos being made but making Conspiracy Inc. a place unlike any other shop. I have the frame, I have the space. There is room for making things in wood. There is room to make photos and even develop films and print them. There is room and equipment for making screen printing and there is room for painting and creating anything you can think of. I just need someone who is eager to put some of this to use with me. Someone who wants to work in a cozy, relaxed, private style studio that offers the options for many other creative possibilities than just tattooing. It's not a must, but it would be nice to have someone who would be excited about these options. Conspiracy Inc. have always been located a bit out of sight, and now more than ever, since we are hidden away in the second backyard, behind a gate. This makes it hard for artists who rely on some sort of traffic to get new customers, so I want to make sure that anyone who want to come and work with me here, including guest artists, can provide their own customers and are willing to put in the work needed to get that kind of clients. Something to think about. But that is all in the future.I wanna squeeze in a bit of important info for you all, before signing off.

I am excited to start this new year and this new beginning with one of my best friends and one of the original Conspirators, Electric Pick. He will be back here in Berlin with me from the 10th of January to the 4th of February. I think he still have a few spots available for some sweet tattoos so get in contact with him to book a spot or two!

I will be spending some more time with my Norwegian tattoo family in the last two weeks of February. I don't have to exact dates yet but you can already now email me to reserve a spot at Let's Buzz. Send a mail with idea, placement, size, budget and what else I would need to know to book you in, to onkelallan@gmail.com

I will be working at the annual Paris convention, Mondial Du Tatouage, from the 3rd - 5th of March. I will be doing walk-up tattoos as usual from predawn flash. So just drop by and see if there is anything you like.

I also finally got to do, not just one, but two, sketch books. You can either pick one up at the studio or through Gentleman's tattoo flash who makes it for me. You can buy it HERE.

Speaking of books. As most of you already know by now, my Black metal book is finally a reality and I am getting amazing feedback from all over the world and different circles. I am very excited to hear from people, who doesn't know about black metal, how much they have enjoyed diving into this book of mine. I personally couldn't be more proud.

I am also excited to see what the people portrait in it feels about it, now that they slowly are finding their way to the artists who were kind enough to let me use their words instead of mine.

I am specially excited and honoured that "this guy" wanted me to sign every piece in his box... including the box. Kristian "Gaahl" did not only write the foreword but let me photograph him both on and off stage. This has led to an amazing friendship and I am happy to call him my friend.

"Who would have thought, when we first met, that you would be signing things for me?"

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Hey there!It's sad that I need to travel to find the time to post anything here on my blog... and it's sad that I have to blog when I am traveling. Naaah, It's all good. First day back in New York and I am hanging out at Red Rocket, my New York tattoo home for the next few weeks. Much have happened since we last talked. Much is still happening. Things that will be unveiled in the near future. Thing is in the works that will change many things concerning me and my shop. More about that in the nearer future.

One of the things that has occupied much of my time the last many months have been my Black Metal book, "Black". It is finally done and printed and is now a reality! IT EXCIST!!! Even though I haven't seen it yet myself, I believe it to fucking amazing.

Here is a little picture of the amazing cover and the cool box it comes in.

You can check out more about it at Clandestine Republic HERE and buy it HERE

I will have a small amount available at the shop at some point but the only way to by it online is through Clandestine Republic. All questions about buying, shipping etc should be directed to them since I have nothing to do with that myself. There will be a small amount of extra VIP editions available as well so don't sleep on that one.

There is a couple of other cool new Uncle Allan items for sale at the moment. I finally got talked into making sketchbooks... so I figured, why not make two? Right? So I got some stuff together and gave it to Gentlemans flash who did 2 amazing sketchbooks for me. I can't decide which one I like the best. I'm really happy what he did with both. You can buy "lines & Sketches" HERE and "Stencils & Sketches" HERE.

There is also a few new items for your cool wardrobe. A re-design of a "classic" Uncle Allan shirt. I redid the logo on the front of this Black Metal shirt with my corpse paint on it. The new logo is inspired (stolen from) by Watain and Ondskapt.

The back is a photo I took of Fantoft Stave church in Bergen, Norway.

There is also something for your cool battle vest! These two cool patches!!

All printed by my good friend Marco at Perpetual Lab.

I also did this set of prints of burning churches. 5 Norwegian burning churches that got burned by black metal people back in the days. They only come as a set.

I have a few more items hopefully to be added on a few weeks. I can't say too much but it might involve pins, prints and stitched patches.. maybe!

What else is new? What else do I have to tell you guys? Well, tons of things! Travel and event dates...

Conspiracy Inc. will have a Halloween party on the 5th of November. There will be walk in halloween tattoos by Jakub and myself from 12:00-20:00 and with following partyyyyy. Come get tattooed or just hang out and have a drink and sing your heart out at Karaoke. Half price on your halloween tattoo if you're dressed up. I will post preview of my flash on my instagram soon (Unclea).

Hope to see some of you there!

I will be back in Bergen for some anti-christmas madness at Let's Buzz. I will be there from the 7th-11th of December. Still have a few appointments available so email me if you are interested.

I will be back at the Paris convention, Mondial Du Tatouage on the 3rd-5th of March. I will be doing walk-ups from pre-drawn designs as usual, so just drop by.

There is some other trips in the planning but for now that is all that is set!

I am currently booking from now and till april 2017. Email me your idea to Onkelallan@gmail.com to book and let me know when you are looking to book in.

Ok... I think that is it for now... don't want to spoil you guys with too much fun! I will see if I can post some more while I am on vacation. Maybe even some tattoo pictures!

Sunday, August 21, 2016

The first draft of the book have be reevaluated and the second, and hopefully final, draft will soon be in my hands...or on my laptop...either way we are getting close. I wanna say thank you, to everyone who have already pre-ordered the book and have been waiting patiently for it in the mail.You see... There was simply more awesomeness than what the first original book would have been able to contain. We therefore had no other choice than to expand the book with 20 brand new pages. We still haven't gotten everything all nicely tugged in there but I am confident, that when that 2nd draft reaches me, it will all be fitted in there perfectly.Clandestine Republic had decided to stop the pre-orders, but partially because we had to expand the book, we still need some money to afford to get all our books from the printer. The pre-orders is therefore opened again for two weeks. If you din't make it the first tie around, I suggest you don't sleep on it this time. The price for the pre-order will still be the same as before BUT, since the book has grown since then, the price, once printed, will go up a bit. So not only do you get a favourable price with the shipping and all, you also save money on the book by jumping on this offer. There is also still the Limited VIP edition available, including all the limited prints and postcards and stuff. Hand signed and everything! So please... Help out if you can. Spread the word. Buy the book if you haven't already. Help us get this book out as soon as possible! It is epic!! You can go to Clandestine Republic HERE to see the official statement and HERE to buy the Pre-order. There is a few previews of some different spreads in the book! I just can't wait to show you all the whole thing in its entirety.

I will be back soon with more news as soon as I get a moment. It might involve New York trip in october, new merch for the London Convention and in general, Halloween party at the Conspiracy Inc. and much more so come back again soon!

Sunday, July 24, 2016

As always, many things to report and I have had no time or energy to post anything about it. I feel bad! I wanna update you all and keep this here blog alive! But things are finally looking like they are going in the right direction. Light in the end of a long long tunnel that has seemed to be going on for ever. But with our new colleague, Marcio, and future shop help, things are clearing up and more time is in my future. I am hoping to be able to post more about this mysterious new guy on the Conspiracy Inc. blog very soon.

The Black metal book... "Black"... has taken and seems to continue to take a lot of my time. Just when I think it is over, new tasks comes up and steal me away from other projects.

The pre-sale is still going on. Clandestine Republic still needs to sell a few more preorders in order to pay for the printing of this glorious book. The special prints and postcards that I have gotten made for the book has been printed and is now sitting on my desk, waiting to get signed... one more task for me to do, before shipping them off to Clandestine Republic so they can be added to the VIP edition of the book, Only available through pre-orders. We are sorry that the release is taking a bit longer than expected, but be assured that one of the reasons for this is that we want to make sure that you get the absolute best black metal book you have ever seen.

So if you haven't already ordered your copy, please go do so right here!

Here is a little preview of the goodies ready to sign and put into the limited edition VIP version of "Black"

On other important news!

I will be heading back to Bergen, Norway in August. I have been invited to bring my camera along to the "Beyond the Gates" festival and why not make a couple of cool tattoos while hanging out with some cool people at Let's Buzz? So if anyone wants to get something done between the 23rd - 31st of August, please send me a mail with all info needed. Idea, placement, size, Budget, preferred date, etc. Send it to

Onkelallan@gmail.com

Hope to see you there.

That is all the time I have for now for blogging! I will try to make an effort to be back in a few days with more news.

Friday, June 10, 2016

Things are happening! The Black Metal book that I have been working on, for what seams like forever, is finally more or less a reality. It will be a brick of black metal inspired awesomeness from yours truly. It will be a mix of everything that I do. Tattoos, drawings, paintings, photos, live shots, logos, and so on. A lot never seen or posted anywhere. All compiled in a book made for your long time viewing pleasure. Rumours has it that Gaahl is writing the foreword...I still need your help! In order to print this monstrosity of an amazing book, we need to make some money. Therefor, please go get your preorder today... or tomorrow... to help us reach the goal. To make it sweeter, there will be a limited edition VIP version for sale. It contains 2 prints made for this book, 3 postcards made for this book, stickers and what not. If it goes well I might even throw in a patch. So help me out and go order your copy of the book now HERE.The book will primarily be sold through Clandestine Republic so don't wait because you rather buy it through me. I might have a couple of books for sale at the shop later but if you want to get your copy soon then go order it through Clandestine Republic. And as mentioned, all the VIP goodies will only be available with the VIP preorder package. So don't sleep on this. The preorder will end in the end of June.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

I just added the leftovers of Tshirts and tote bags, from the Brighton convention, to the conspiracy web shop. It's only a limited batch so there's only a few left and it will not be reprinted. So act fast and get yours on conspiracyinctattoo.bigcartel.com

Saturday, March 19, 2016

I was hoping to have had more time to sit down and write a nice post about this. Truth is that there has been a bunch of events setting me weeks back in my schedule. Not good!!

So here we are again. Blogging from my phone. But it's important and has to be done.

I will be back at Inkrat tattoo in Tokyo Japan from the 1st of April till the 19th of April. To book an appointment, please email Hata at

inkrat00@yahoo.co.jp

Back here in Berlin I still have a couple of gaps I want to fill up in the end of April and I am currently booking May and June and July as well.

There is a couple of Denmark trips in the horizon.

First one is in May from the 14th of May til the 20th of May. Only a few spots left. I'll be back working with my favorite Dino, THE dino baby.

The second trip is still not complete settled but it will be in the end of June. More details soon.

But for now you can book these by emailing me at onkelallan@gmail.com

Please include idea, placements, size and what else I would need to know to book you in.

I would also like to remind you that i will be at the Brighton tattoo convention from the 30th of April till the 1st of May. I'll bring some stuff to choose from as usual. No appointments. Just drop by.

I sure hope that I will have time to blog a bit more soon to keep you all informed.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Here is a little preview of the first painting this year. The whole thing can be seen and bought in the "Dirty Secret Club".

If you like dirty art and you aren't already a member then go get your membership to get acces to a bunch of dirty stuff from electric pick and myself and others soon. Get your membership through store.clandestinerepublic.com

Thursday, January 7, 2016

I guess the cancellation season isn't quite over just yet. I have had a bunch of new cancelations and some even double dates so that has pretty much cleared up all of next week for me. That means that I need your help to fill some of these gaps.

Right now this is what is available.

Monday the 11th of January

Tuesday the 12th of January

Thursday the 14th of January

Friday the 15th of January

Monday the 18th of January

To book any of the dates just email me at

Onkelallan@gmail.com

I will be in Bergen, Norway from the 20th to the 28th of January working at Let's Buzz. There is still a few openings left there so if anyone is up for it let me know.

Same deal... Email idea, size, placement etc. to

onkelallan@gmail.com

And one more time to the ones who have been away on holiday...

I am still booking from now till July. If you are planning to come later in the year just send me a mail anyway and we will have a look at the dates.

Now some pictures to keep you all happy.

One more thing for those who doesn't follow the shop blog. Jakub have started a Conspiracy Inc. Newsletter where you will be informed about events, cancelations, guest artists, new merch etc.

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